Brockway Glass Co.

The Brockway facility dates back to 1907 when it was owned by Brockway Machine Bottle Co., which later became Brockway Glass, and merged with Owens-Illinois in 1988.

1902: The Hazel Glass Company and the Atlas Cap Company, neighbors in Washington, PA, merge to form the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company.

1956-Hazel-Atlas bought by Continental Can Company; production of glass under the trade name Hazel-Ware begins. Hazel-Atlas was known as the tableware division of Continental Can.

1964-Continental Can sells 6 Hazel-Atlas factories to the Brockway Glass Company as part of a lawsuit settlement. The six plants mainly produced glass containers.

In 1972, Brockway bought the Clarksburg, West Virginia, Hazel Atlas plant and continued to produce Hazel-Ware. In 1977 Brockway Glass sold the Clarksburg plant to Anchor Hocking.The amber tumblers and goblet were freebies inside boxes of DUZ soap.

In 1987 Owens-Illinois made a bid of $60 per share (worth $750 million) to acquire Brockway, which was met with resistance by the FTC. After a Federal District Judge denied the FTC's request for an injunction, Owens-Illinois acquired Brockway's shares. Also see: http://www.tiaraman.webs.com/Brockway/Brockway.htm